Comments on: Did “Balloon Boy’s” family set up the manhunt for publicity?

By: JXL56

JXL56 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:28:31 +0000

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By: NFLer

NFLer — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:51:28 +0000

I watched the video where the little boy confesses “for the show” but look at his face afterwards. I’m wondering if the Dad had his hand behind his son’s back and is telling him to stop because after that the kid stays quiet. In the parent’s quest for fame and money they better watch that they don’t fuck things up and have Dept. of Children and Families looking into their business. That balloon is ridiculous too.

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By: wondertrash

wondertrash — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:37:08 +0000

If this stunt involved animal abuse we would be so outraged right now – as opposed to being mildly chagrined at being duped. Poor Michael Vick – if only he’d been running a child fighting ring instead of a dog fighting ring.

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By: Jag

Jag — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:41:31 +0000

I say that CPS should investigate them, since they’re obviously stressing out the child to the point that he’s being sick on national tv.

Otherwise, I’d love a ban on anything to do with them from all of the media. They should not get what they wanted out of this, and they should have to pay back every cent that was spent in looking for the boy.

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By: BW

BW — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:25:45 +0000

Jule – you’re way ahead of the game just thinking about what you want for your son. He’ll do fine. Just make sure you talk to him, give him boundaries and examples of what to do in certain situations, how to behave at others’ homes. That’s a good way to build self-esteem. When they come home feeling good about how they handled a situation because they were ready for it. Don’t worry about your son running into families like this. You’ll have taught him better, and he’ll come home and tell you what he saw at other homes. The he’ll tell you he’s glad you’re his Mom. He will know right from wrong.

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By: jule

jule — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:14:53 +0000

thanks for your support! He may be on the cusp of capricorn and aquarius! This baby was a welcome suprise. I remeber thinking “ohmigosh what kind of world is this kid coming in to??” and then I realised that if I raise this kid right, he can counter balance some of the mislead ones??? heh

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By: pickelhaube

pickelhaube — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:56:15 +0000

jules-

Congrats! I hope you’re having a little Aquarius (I’m an Aquarius, we’re the best)! I’m so happy to see a parent who wants to do the best for their child, and I know you’re gonna be a great mom. We need more parents like you, instead of these horrid people. It makes me sick to see that people like this can breed, while so many people who would be awesome parents cannot have children. Thank you (and thanks to all the other good parents out there) for trying to do the best by your son. Believe me, us childless (so far!) people are resting a little more easily knowing that not every parent out there is like these monsters. Maybe I won’t have to be so scared for the fate of the world now!

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By: Fat Elvis

Fat Elvis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:12:32 +0000

jule: I’m sure your son will turn out just fine, because it’s clear you have your head on straight when it comes to teaching him right from wrong.

As for this family, the craziness is more than my work-addled brain can process, so I’ll just say that I agree with those who think they suck in the worst way.

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By: JaundiceMachine

JaundiceMachine — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:03:52 +0000

We’re in Denver, so we were inundated with update after update of this crazy situation. It was all anyone could talk about at work.

As soon as they found the kid, I turned to Mr. Machine and said, “Well, there goes that kid’s college fund”. (Referring to the expense of misusing Search and Rescue.)

To which Mr. Machine responded, “Just wait for the book deal.”

Can’t keep a good famewhore down.

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By: original kate

original kate — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:49:54 +0000

no way is their story true. i don’t buy any of it…except the “we did it for the show” part.

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